Separator.



ALBERT J. MGRLOCK,

OF NEW YORK, Y.

EFARATOR.

No. come?.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that l, ALBERT il'. llionnoos, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city oi' New York, borough ofBroolrlyn, inthe county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new andlmproved Separator. of which the following is a` iull. clear. and exactdescription.

My invention relates to separators, my more particular purpose being toprovide an eliicieut. mechanism for separating fish oils and other iiuidsubstances from fish refuse, by aid ot' steam pressure applied directlyto the raw materials operated upon, in such manner as to express theoils and other liquids continuously and to .render them easilyremovable.

My invention further relaies to means for using conjointly the heat. ofsteam and the tension or pressure thereof in extracting the oils andother liquids.

My invention still further relates to various mechanical details torimproving generally the action oi2 separators. l

Reference is to be had lo the accompanying clrawingrn forming; i partofthis specification, in which similar characters of rei:- erenceindicate corrcspondingl parte in all the figures.

Figure l is a substantialljT central vertical section through theseparator complete, showing the upper and lower receptacles, valvemechanism therebetween, and showing in the lower receptacle thestraining mechanism through which the oils-and other liquids are Jforcedby pressure of steam or other acriorm body; Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection upon the line oi' Fig. l., looking in the direction oi thearrow, and showingthe swinging door for ejccting the residualmalerialrthis door carrying a part oi' the straining mechanism; and Fig.3 is a. substantially horizontal section upon the line 3-3 of Fig. l,looking in the direction of the arrow, and showing more particularly themechanism for controlling communication vbetween the upper and lowerreceptaeles.

At 4 is a. vessel which i designate as the upperrecepacle. It issupported by lugs 5 which restupon cross beams e, the latter beingmounted upon supporting beams l'.

At. 8 is a valve provided Witland controllabio by a lic-ind wheel 9 forthe purpose of ndmiting .he raw materials into the upper Specificationof Letters Patent.

Application lecl March i7,

Patented. Aug. 17', 19053;

isos. serial No. esem-1. A Y y receptacle, and of closing thisreceptacle after the materials are in.

.t l0 is a pipe provided with a valve 1l and used 'for'admitting auaerit'orm body, preferably steam, into the upper receptacle.' Compressedair. which may be heated if desired. may be employed instead otf steam.

The upper receptacle-'lY is provided with a conical portion l2 andmounted upon the latter is a coll-.ir 13. This collar is connected witha pipe section 1l by aid of bolts if. Valve gates are shown al1 lo, 1Tand are slidably mounted in housings 18. Mounted upon the housings arespiders 19 through which ext-end revoluble threaded stems 21 which areprovided with hand wheels 20.

The operator, by turning the hand wheels 20, can bring the valve ,gates1G, 1T into close proximity, as indicated by dotted lilies in l, thusclosing the valve, or may move themapart, indicated by full lines inFig. l, thereby opening' the valve. Connected with the housings 1S is apipe section 22 and secured upon the latter is a plate 23 of metalprovided with n downwardly cupped edge Q-l. Conner-led' securely withthis cupped edge and thus depending from the plate is u conical shell 25having its greatest diameter atI the bottom. A number of spacing rodsQ16 are disposed around inside of the shell 25 and separated b v spaces27, as will be understood from Fig. i

A perforated metallic screen 28, having' generally 'the forni of atruncated cone. is disposed within the shell and concentrictliercto,tliis screen engaging" ille spacing' rods QQ and holding; thelatter in position, as will be understood from Fig. lincircling thelower cud oi' the shell 25 and secured firmly upon ity is a massivecollar 29. A king bolt l() extends downwardly through this Collar aswill be understood from Fig. l, and partially supports a swinging door31. nThis @our has generally the form of aspherical segment and ispartially 10C snpportedby a casier 32 of which a roller 33 forms a parl.This roller rests upon n circular track Sei and sustains at Limes a.considerable port-ion of the weight oi' the door 3l and such materialsas may be resting thercm5.

upon.

l'nreg'ral with the door 2li and extending? upwardly therefrom are anumber of ribs-'35 having ,generally the forni indicatfal in Fig.

2., 'lhese ribs are severally provided with lio plied within theapparatus is great.

valve 8 is next s olid portions of the the steam compact in the` lowerreceptacle. v Upon this mutilations 36 for facilitating the flow of oilor other liquids, and these mutilations are disposed in alinei'hent withan outlet pipe 37 through which the oils and other liquids are to bedrawn. 4

At'ila is a screen of perforated metal having geneifally the form of adisk and carried .by the door 3l, being thus movable relatively l orcompressedair maybe supplied for purposes hereinafter described.

A. number of supporting bolts 43 are used for securing the door 31firmly tol the'collar 29y in instances Where the pressure to be sup-`For this purpose the collar 29 and the outer por tion of the door 3l areprovided with holes 43a, 43h for accommodating the supportingbolts 4.3.l

The operation of my device is as follows: Suppose' [that it be desiredto extract fish oil from a heterogeneous mass of fish refuse. The handwheels 20 are turned so as to open the. two valve gates associated withthem, thereby affording free communiczdion .be` tween the upper and.lower receptacles. The opened by aid of the hand Wheel 9. The rawmaterials are now fed through the valve 8 and lill the two receptaclesvand the neck connect-ing them together. The valve 8 is now closed andsteam is' admitted through the pipe l0 by aid of the hand valve 11. Thefirst eifect of admitting the steam is to sli htly chill the same,causing, perhaps, a litt elcondensation to talie place. The free ingressof the steam causes a pressure to be vapplied to the upper surface ofthemass of'mateiials. The out- .let pipe 37 at the bottom is left open,and theteiidency of the steam under pressure is to force the materialsdownwardly and also outwardly through the screens 2S and 3l. Since, vhowever, the perfoi'ati'ons of these screens are too small to permit thematerials to pass, Vthe liquid' portions are expelled and malte theirescape.-l'hey pass downwardly through the p 2) and also between thcribs4 25', being led making their escape through the out-let pipe I ndin ractice that the pressure of tend)s to render the mass very accountafter once iilling' the ap aratus, and aip'lyiiigthe steam pressure,Ipcut off the s am supply, open the valve 8 and refill the upperreceptacle. The oils 'and liquids vt: associated therewith being prettywell rel ceptacle through the slots 3G and i moved from the entire inassnext open the' door 3l, which is done by looseiiin f the supportingbolts 43 and swinging the oor upon the pivot 30, the roller of thecaster 32 merely following the track 34, as indicated in Fig. 2. Inyopening the door 3l the solid content of the lower receptacle isejected, and this step is facilitated by the conical shape of the lowerreceptacle. If it be desired to eject the entire contents of: bothreceptacles, this is accomplished by opening the two valve gates and thedoor 3l, and if necessary applying more or less pressure by aid of thepipe 10.v If it be desired to eject the contents of thelower receptacleonly, the valve gates are closed by aid of the hand wheels 20, andafterward the door 3l is swung open as above described. It sometimeshappens that in the lowei' portion of the upper receptacle, 'the solidmaterial becomes `compacted or wedged together, and

is not easily dislodged. This may be remedied by closing the valve gatesand adinitting', by 'aid of the hand valve 39, a little steam throughthe pipe 38. This steam finding its way upward through the mass disturbsand loosens the latter so that the contents of the upper receptacle maynow be readily dislodged. If, for any reason, it be desired to admitsteam pressure directly into-the lower receptacle, or to cause the steamto pass upwardly through .the neck connecting the two receptacles, thisis accomplished by aid of the pipe 4l() and hand valve 4L." v

-I do not limit myself to any particular raw material to be operatedupon by this apparatus, nor to any particular aeriform body to be usedin connection with it.'

Neither do I limit struction shown,

being commensurate with my claims.

.Having thus described my invention, I

myself to the exact conclaim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent l. The combination of a receptacle haviiig form of a conesubstantially the general frustuiii, a screen mounted Within saidreforni of a conc frustuin, spacing rods disposed intermediate saidscreen and said reccptacle,

for admitting an aeriform body under pressure into said receptacle forthe purposefof forcing materials against said screen, adoor connectedwith said receptacle and havingV generally a concave form, and a' ilurality of riebs 'mounted upon said door2 and) means for preventing thein ress of said materials intermediate said ri s'.

2. The coii-ibination of a receptacle, a door therefor, ribs mountedupon said door, said ribs being provided with openings for the purposeof facilitating the=collection of liquid the scope of my i'niiention andalso having substantially the and extending uniiiterruptingly from thetop to A.the bottom thereof, means y materials lodginginterx'nediutevsaid ribs, a screen-covering said ribs,'and means for applying lressureofan `iielfiforrnbody to Inaterials isposed withinsaid receptacle.

3. The combination of a receptacle, aldoor journaled relatively thereto,a roller for supporting said door, av pluralityof rilos mounted uponsaid'door, and a screen niounted.

upon said ribs and adapted vto be brought into registry with saidreceptacle.

v 4. The combination of an upper receptacle;

i :means Vfor supporting thesame, a. .lowery reeeptacle, a neckoonneoting said vlower reep- -ftdcle with 'said upper receptacle,an'd'thereby su porting said lower reoeptale, a door journ'zted""relatively to "saidil'owerreceptacle, a

roller for supportingvsaid floor, `a; plurality of ribs mounted uponSaid door and spaced apart, said ribs being provided with openings forfacilitating the collection of liquic'i materials lodging intermediatesaid ribs, a screen resting upon said ribs, and meansfor applyingpressure of an aeriform body lto materials wresting upon Suid screen.

In testimony whereof Ihuve Signed my name to thislspeeiiication in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ALBERTXJ. MoRLooK.

VVitne'sses:

WALTON HARRISON, JOHN?. DAVIS. l

